Southampton City Council elections

Southampton City Council elections are held three out of every four years to elect members of Southampton City Council, the local authority for the city of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Since 1 April 1997 Southampton has been a unitary authority responsible for all local government functions; prior to this it was a non-metropolitan district beneath Hampshire County Council.

Council elections

Bargate By-Election 23 October 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	885	52.6	-6.4
	Conservative	259	15.4	-3.0
	Socialist Labour	257	15.3	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	250	14.9	+4.7
	Independent Labour	31	1.8	-4.7
Majority		626	37.2
Turnout		1,682	13.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Woolston By-Election 12 March 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	975	47.8	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats	725	35.6	+6.1
	Conservative	339	16.6	+3.3
Majority		250	12.2
Turnout		2,039	17.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Bassett By-Election 8 October 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,025	58.9	+8.9
	Labour	372	21.4	-16.2
	Liberal Democrats	344	19.8	+7.5
Majority		653	37.5
Turnout		1,741	14.5
	Conservative hold	Swing

Harefield By-Election 8 October 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	858	44.1	-6.7
	Conservative	856	44.0	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	231	11.9	+3.3
Majority		2	0.1
Turnout		1,945	19.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Bitterne Park By-Election 15 September 2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Coombes	984	37.1	+0.4
	Labour	Mike Brainsby	791	29.9	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Work	785	29.6	-4.3
	Green	Joseph Cox	89	3.4	+3.4
Majority			193	7.2
Turnout			2,649
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Woolston By-Election 13 June 2013^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Hammond	864	32.3	-22.8
	UKIP	John Sharp	741	27.7	+27.7
	Conservative	Alex Houghton	704	26.3	-5.6
	TUSC	Sue Atkins	136	5.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Ford	120	4.5	-3.8
	Green	Christopher Bluemel	107	4.0	+4.0
Majority			123	4.6
Turnout			2,672
	Labour hold		Swing

Coxford By-Election 14 March 2019^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Raynard	668	26.2	-2.0
	Conservative	Charles Perez-Storey	529	20.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Smith	450	17.6	+14.7
	Socialist Alternative	Susan Anne Atkins	368	14.4	+14.4
	Integrity Southampton	David John Fletcher	178	7.0	+7.0
	Independent	Richard Terrence McQuillan	174	6.8	+4.4
	UKIP	Derek Lascelles Humber	123	4.8	+4.8
	Green	Cara Anne Sandys	53	2.1	−0.9
Majority			139	5.4
Turnout			2,551	25.0	−7.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Bitterne By-Election 1 December 2022^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Frampton	806	46.0	+4.6
	Conservative	Callum Ford	793	45.3	-1.8
	Green	Ronald Meldrum	66	3.8	-1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick McGeorge	61	3.5	-0.9
	TUSC	Mabel Wellman	26	1.5	-0.3
Majority			13	0.7
Turnout			1,752
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

^ The City of Southampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
^ The New Forest and Southampton (Areas) Order 1978
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Southampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
^ "Elections explained". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
^ "Plan to make city council bigger – how to have your say".
^ "Why councillors could only stand for one year in Southampton". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
^ "Bitterne Park ward by election result 15/09/2005". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woolston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Coxford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bitterne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.